Stone loading and transporting drag



Oct. 9, 1951 R. A. HENDRICKSON 2,570,343

STONE LOADING AND TRANSPORTINGQDRAG Filed Oct. 20, 1949 Richard A.Hendnt/rson IN VEN TOR.

Patented Oct. 9, i951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Richard A.Hendricksom-Waubay, S. Dak.

Application October 20, 1949, Serial No. 122,387

8 Claims.

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The primary object of this invention is to pick up objects at onelocation and toy transport them to a remote location for the dischargeof the same. Another important object of this invention is to utilizethe towing force of a tractor or the like in raising the object to theposition in which it is transported. V

A meritorious feature of this invention resides in the provision of apair of beveled platforms that are pivoted to each other and the novelstop means provided for limiting their relative pivotal movement in theclosed position. Another important feature resides in the combined meansfor limiting relative pivotal movement of the platforms and forretaining objects upon the platforms.

A final important feature of the present in vention to be specificallyenumerated herein resides in the ring, cable, and hook arrangement whichnecessitates a minimum of effort on the part of the operator inarranging the device for either loading or unloading.

These, together with various ancillary features and objects of theinvention which will later become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by the present invention, a preferred embodimentof which has been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the loading device showing the same inthe open position and with the alternative closed position indicated indotted outline;

Figure 2 is a reduced top plan view of the loading device in theposition preparatory to closing and raising an object;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the loading device illustrating the samein the closed position and indicating in dotted outline an objectsupported thereon;

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken upon the plane ofthe section line 4-'-4 of Figure 1; and,

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the loading device with an objectthereon in position to be transported, with parts broken away and shownin section.

Reference is now made more specifically to the accompanying drawings,wherein like numerals designate similar parts throughout the variousviews, and in which the loading device is indicated generally by thenumeral Ill.

The device In comprises a pair of platforms l2 and I4 which arepivotally connected at the rear ends by a bar [6 for relative openingand closing movement. The adjacent side edges of the platforms arebeveled as at l8 and the bar I6 is pivoted to the platforms [2 and I4adjacent the beveled edges l8 by means of the pivot bolts 20, pivotalmovement of the bar [6 relative to the platform l2 being limited by astop pin 22 which is received in a notch 24 formed in the end of bar I6.

The bar l6, together with the upstanding side rail 26 on the outer sideedges of the platforms [2 and I4 and the blocks 28 at the forwardend ofthe platforms, constitute retaining walls upon are beveled rearwardlyand outwardly adjacent the beveled edges l8, as at 34.

Eye loop 36 and 38 are pivotally secured to the forward ends of theplatform 12 and I4 by suitable pivots 40, and a ring 42 is secured tothe eye 36 by a short length of cable 44. A relatively longer length ofcable 46 is secured to the ring 42 and carries a hook 48 at its outerend.

The use of the device Ill will be readily understood. Theloading deviceis towed to the loading position by passing the cable 46 through an eye50 carried on a cross bar 52 of a tractor or suitable towing vehicle,-not shown, and the hook 48 is engaged in the ring 42. The device istowed in this manner to the loading position with the device l0 slidingover the ground surface and with the platform I 4 trailing as shown inFigure 1. The device I0 is towed to a position relative to the object-54so.as to be adjacent the beveled edges t8. The hook 48 is then removedfrom the ring 42 and engaged with the eye 38. As will be readilyapparent, further towing action by the tractor will cause the platformsto pivot towards each other and the object 54 will be raised upon theinclined planes formed by the beveled edges 18. The closing movement ofthe platforms will be limited by the pin 22 and the blocks 28, and theobject which now rests on the 3 platforms I 2 and I4 will be preventedfrom falling (:1; thereof by the rails 26, blocks 28, and the After theobject 54 has been loaded, the towing action may be continued, in whichcase the platforms l2 and I4 serve as a sled, until the unloadingposition is reached, at which point the hook 48 is removed from the eye38 and engaged with the ring 42; Further towing action'willzthen openthe platforms causing the object "54 to fall "or slide therefrom, andthe device is in condition for a repeat operation. A

The present invention, with the exception "of the fasteners, may beformed entirely of wood, however, a construction of wood reinforced byiron has been found quite satisfactory, 'and in fact a heavy sheet ofmetal secured to the.under-- surface of the platforms is highlydesirable when the device is to be pulled over abrasive materials.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will bereadily understood and further explanation. is believed tobeunnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur; to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration :of theforegoing specification and accompanying drawings, it is not desired tolimit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, butall suitable modifications and equivalents may :be resorted .to fallingwithin the scope of the appended elaims.

Having described the invention, what claimed as new is:

1. A loading device comprising a pair of elongated platforms arranged inside-by-side relation and having their adjacent side edges beveled,means hingedly connecting, the rear ends of said platforms for openingand closing movement 'ofsaid platforms relative to :each other, a towcable, and means carried at the forward end of. each platform forselectivelyattaching sa-id tow cable of the platforms.

6. Thecombination of claim 5, wherein the bar is pivoted to theplatforms adjacent the adjacent side edges of the latter, and the rearplatforms of the adjacent side edges of the platforms being rearwardlydivergent. V

7. A loading and transporting device comprising a pair of elongatedplatforms arranged in .side-by-side relation, a transverse bar overlyingthe platforms adjacent their rear ends, said bar being-pivotallyconnected to each of said platforms and at one end projecting beyondsuch pivotal connections, an upstanding stop on one of theplatforms tothe rear of the bar and engaging such projecting portion of the bar tolimit pivotal movement of the latter, a pair of abutting transverseblocks, each of said blocks being secured to the top of one oftheplatforms adjacent the forward end of the latter for limiting theclosing movement of the platforms, the adjacent side edges of theplatforms being beveled, a flexible towing element, and means forselectively connecting the towing element to the forward .end of one or.bothof the platforms.

8. A loading and transporting device comprisbeing vpivotally connectedto each of said platto one or both the forward? endso'f the platforms.

ward portions of the adjacent sides of said platforms are forwardly andoutwardly beveled.

5. A leading and transporting device comprising a pair of elongatedplatforms arranged in side-bysside relation, a transverse bar overlying:the platforms adjacent their rear ends, said bar forms, an elongatedflexible towing element having a securing ring intermediate its ends,.sa'id element having one end attached to the forward end of one of theplatforms, a further ring fixed to the forward end of the otherplatformna hook on. the free end of the towing .element selectivelyengageable with either of they rings.

RICHARD A. HENDRICKSON.

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